The Ripper and DNA

[Gman992]

I just wanted to know if anyone proposed testing Joseph Gorman sic Sickert (even if he has passed on) to see if he has a genetic link to not only Walter Sickert, but to the House of Hanover/Windsor?

I figure if they can confirm that Anastasia did in fact die with her family in 1917, maybe they can confirm or disapprove Knight's and Gorman's claims.

Come to think of it, DNA can also lay to question whether or not Prince Victor Albert had syphilis. That would confirm or disapprove another Ripper theory.

Has this been proposed before?



ps. I won't even mention whether or not Sickert wrote any of the Jack the Ripper letters...

[joelhall]

i doubt youd be able to get any of walter sickerts dna to be fair.

im also doubtful the royal family would allow their dna to be used for this.

[Limehouse]

I don't think it's possible to just dig people up to obtain bits for DNA analysis on the minute chance that they might prove or disprove a theory. It's not cheap - and it's not ethical. Besides, DNA does not give us all of the answers we seek. As someone said on Radio Four yesterday, people are viewing DNA as if it's 'total and complete truth' and it is not at all.

[Gman992]

I'm just saying Sickert/Knight goes around saying that he's the heir to the British throne....wouldn't you want to have more than just someone's word...while at the same time ruining the reputation of people---Sir William Gull+Prince Eddy---who have nothing to do witht the Ripper. Remember, he's a guy accusing the two above mentioned people of being a cold hearted killer(s).

As for unethical? How is finding out the truth unethical? Historians are always using genetic testing to prove history's mysteries. They did it prove that Lincoln had bone disease, that Anastasia was really killed in 1917 vs that lying hussy who made millions off of her story, and that another US president wasn't assassinated. I'm just saying a crime has been committed and no one wants the theories to end. I mean they even dug up Lee Harvey Oswald just to make sure that he wasn't replaced by a KGB imposter.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Gman992!

Well, the material of the JtR murders has passed through hundreds - if not thousands - of hands during these years.

So; which dna?! Where?!

All the best
Jukka

[curious]

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that another US president wasn't assassinated. .

I'm not familiar with this. Which president?

Thanks,

curious

[Phil Carter]

I'm not familiar with this. Which president?

Thanks,

curious

Hello curious,

John F Kennedy, shot,1963
William McKinlay, shot 1901
James Garfield, shot, fatally wounded, 1881
Abraham Linclon, shot 1865

best wishes

Phil

[curious]

Hello curious,

John F Kennedy, shot,1963
William McKinlay, shot 1901
James Garfield, shot, fatally wounded, 1881
Abraham Linclon, shot 1865

best wishes

Phil

Thanks, Phil,

But I know those.

My question was in response to Gman992's statement: "Historians are always using genetic testing to prove history's mysteries. They did it prove that Lincoln had bone disease, that Anastasia was really killed in 1917 vs that lying hussy who made millions off of her story, and that another US president wasn't assassinated."

My question is which of those 4 has DNA proven was not assassinated? I've never heard anything about that.

curious

[Mike Covell]

How can DNA prove or disprove that someone was or wasnt assassinated?

[Mike Covell]

List of Assassination attempts on American Presidents care of the ever wonderful Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots

[Phil Carter]

List of Assassination attempts on American Presidents care of the ever wonderful Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...mpts_and_plots

Hello Mike,

Thats a list of possibly 20 Presidents!
And I thought the Brits didn't like their Prime Ministers!

Mind you, I think I am correct in saying that Queen Victoris survived 7 assasination attempts? (I could be wrong)

No wonder people talk of "conspiracy"...LOL

best wishes

Phil

[Mike Covell]

One of Queen Victoria's would be assassins was a former Hull boy, but that's another story...

[curious]

How can DNA prove or disprove that someone was or wasnt assassinated?

Sheer guesswork here since Gman hasn't been back to answer.

But I'm guessing it refers to the persistent stories that Kennedy survived the gunshot wound and lived for many years in an exclusive rest home, often visited by Jackie Kennedy.

DNA testing could possibly prove that the man in the rest home had Kennedy genes.

Again, simply guessing here. Would love to have Gman come back and enlighten on this.

curious

[cerburusuk]

And Kennedy has what to do with Jack the Ripper?